journal article·2026-02

Injectable hydrogel enabled by strained disulfide-thiol exchange and core-shell thiolated copolymer nanoparticles for efficient hydrophobic drug delivery

Feifei Wang, Xiaohui Mao, Hongbing Fan, Meng Wu, Min Wu, Duo Wang, Jun Huang, Jianping Wu, Jifang Liu, Hongbo Zeng

Science China Materials· Volume 69· Issue 2
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